Savant Definition

să-vänt
savants
noun
savants
A learned person; eminent scholar.
Webster's New World
An idiot savant.
American Heritage
A person with a severe developmental disorder or other major mental disability who possesses some remarkable aptitude, as for memorization, rapid mental calculation, art, or music.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Savant

Noun

Singular:
savant
Plural:
savants

Origin of Savant

  • French learned, savant from Old French present participle of savoir to know from Vulgar Latin sapēre from Latin sapere to be wise sep- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French savant from Latin sapere.

    From Wiktionary

Savant Sentence Examples

  • You are a freaking savant when it comes to that.

  • As a child he had been "a savant in petticoats"; as a boy he was a poet in breeches.

  • Savant syndrome is not known to have any drawbacks, so it does not have to be treated itself.

  • Children with savant syndrome may be able to memorize extensive amounts of data in such areas as sports statistics, population figures, and historical or biographical data.

  • Actor Doug Savant is well known by soap fans for playing Matt Fielding, the only regular gay character on Melrose Place.

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Words Starting With

SSASAV

Words Ending With

TNTANT

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